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Open Thread: Reality Check on Bus Service and the Salesforce Transit Center
What if the money had been spent on minor upgrades to stations throughout the East Bay, such as adding arrival signs, benches, and shelters? What if the money were spent on more buses, more drivers, and better bus fleets with comfortable seats and suspensions?
August 13, 2018
More Sophistry in Favor of a Second Bay Bridge for Cars
Chronicle Op-Ed massages stats and makes false equivalencies to support another highway bridge between SF and Oakland
February 12, 2018
Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes
Some eighty cycling advocates, lawmakers, and transportation notables assembled this morning for a ride across the eastern span of the Oakland Bay Bridge, which as of today is open seven days a week. Destination: Yerba Buena Island Vista Point, a new park that offers a resting spot with expansive views for pedestrians and cyclists coming from Oakland.
May 2, 2017
SPUR Talk: The Dicey Dynamics of Megaprojects
Huge projects, such as the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, can define a region and transform the fabric of a city--but they are often delayed and come in massively over budget. Karen Frick, Co-Director of the University of California Transportation Center at Berkeley, attempted to deconstruct megaprojects and how to manage them more effectively in a presentation this afternoon at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association's (SPUR) center in Oakland.
October 20, 2016